Illustrative image shows a person applying insecticides, undated. (NewsX/Bee)
Photo shows one of the Appalachian Beekeeping Collective's beekeepers, Michael Beckner, undated. (NewsX/Bee)
Bees Guarantee Our Food, Says West Virginia Beekeeper
Picture shows Prof Dr Randolf Menzel from the Free University of Berlin, Germany, undated. He has researched the western honeybee's behaviour for more than 50 years. (NewsX/Bee)
Expert Worried About Full-Scale Usage Of Low-Cost Pesticides
Picture shows a bumblebee, undated. Chemical substances have an even worse impact on the behaviour of bumblebees at high temperatures, according to studies at a renowned British institution. (Daniel Kenna/Imperial College London, NewsX/Bee)
Bees Suffer Even Worse From Pesticides In The Heat
Picture shows artist’s impression of bumblebee interacting with flower, undated. Pollinators are less likely to land on flowers treated with pesticides as they are capable of sensing electric field alterations around the plant, according to a study by scientists in England. (Benjamin and Joseph Tiso, NewsX/Bee)
Pesticides Reduce Pollination As Bees Sense Electric Field Changes
Picture shows professor Elizabeth Capaldi from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States, undated. She has engaged in interdisciplinary projects aimed at identifying honeybee colonies' stress indicators. (NewsX/Bee)